DP 552

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221202.

Transliteration

1(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 6(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze gur saggal
puzur4-ma-ma
1(gesz2@c) 3(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) 1(barig@c) gala-tur
engar-me
1(u@c) 6(asz@c) sze inim-ma-ni-zi
lu2-szinig
3(u@c) 2(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze en-u4-da-na
szu-nigin2 3(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) 3(asz@c) 1(barig@c) sze gur saggal
sze nig2-en-na
GAN2 du5-uh2-ka-kam
en-ig-gal
nu-banda3
e2-ganba-ka-ka
i3-si 5(|ASZxDISZ@t|)

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)) — DP 552. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Louvre Museum, Paris, France (P221202) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P221202..

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